Counsellors
[kaʊnsələz]
Examples
- The Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old, counsellors; for all their government is by the council or advice of the sages. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The next day, sensible they had misbehaved in giving us that disturbance, they sent three of their old counsellors to make their apology. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- How extravagant soever the fees of counsellors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics; and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- About the monarch were accumulated his scribes, counsellors, record keepers, agents, captains, and guards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Unhappy are the counsellors of a Prince, who wants fortitude and perseverance alike in good and in evil! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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